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Vulnerability details: VCID-71xj-3x1z-6kh4
Vulnerability ID VCID-71xj-3x1z-6kh4
Aliases CVE-2020-1712
Summary A heap use-after-free flaw in systemd at worst might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1712.json
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54
ssvc Track https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb
ssvc Track https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d
ssvc Track https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2
ssvc Track https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html
cvssv2 4.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1712
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1712
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1094
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1
ssvc Track https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1712.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1712
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1712
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1
1794578 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1794578
950732 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=950732
ASA-202002-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202002-8
AVG-1094 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1094
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:discovery:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:discovery:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:migration_toolkit:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:migration_toolkit:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-1712 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1712
GLSA-202003-20 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-20
RHSA-2020:0564 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0564
RHSA-2020:0575 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0575
USN-4269-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1712.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:52:42Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:52:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:52:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:52:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:52:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:52:42Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1712
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1712
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:52:42Z/ Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.28644
EPSS Score 0.00105
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:48.881251+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-20 38.0.0